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Microsoft Suggests Carving Up HTML 5

Posted by timothy on from the slice-and-dice dept.

dp619 writes "HTML 5 is extensive and may take years to complete. Microsoft's solution to hasten its development is to carve it up. The company wants to divide HTML 5 into sub-specifications overseen by different working groups. Internet Explorer platform architect Chris Wilson said that HTML 5 features including its Canvas APIs, offline caching of Web applications' resources, persistent client-side data storage, and peer-to-peer (P2P) networking connection framework would be useful outside of HTML. The WC3 seems to be receptive to the idea and says that a consensus is forming among working group members to do just that."

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  1. If Anyone Else... by WED+Fan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If anyone else were to suggest this approach, you'd all be saying, "Makes sense."

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  2. Re:Embrace, Extend! by tbannist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well we should carefully consider whether it's a trap or not. I mean Microsoft isn't always wrong, but they have a strong track record of evil. It bears examining their proposal closely to see if you can spot the evil machinations.

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  3. RISKY but wise by gcnaddict · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There are a few risks. The biggest one is if any of the teams slip behind or run ahead of schedule. If that happens, pieces will begin to fall out of sync.

    however, the biggest benefit would be to web developers if this goes through as planned. I'd appreciate a properly modularized HTML5 myself.

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  4. If it were anyone but Microsoft by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If anyone else were to suggest this approach, you'd all be saying, "Makes sense." If it were anyone else but Microsoft, we might be willing to extend them the benefit of the doubt.
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  5. I'm the editor of the spec and I agree... by hixie · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm the editor of HTML5, and I agree entirely with Microsoft here (and they're far from the only people saying this). The problem is that we have very few competent specification editors, and if we did have some, there are literally dozens of specifications that are really important to the Web that need editors. Splitting the spec wouldn't make the Web platform grow any faster, it would just mean big parts of the spec would languish even longer.